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White Blood Cell Transfusion

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 86950

A transfusion of white blood cells collected from a donor, given through a vein like other blood products. It is used for a patient whose own white cell count is severely low and who has a serious infection that is not responding to treatment.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does White Blood Cell Transfusion cost?

$46.77

Typical negotiated rate. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $46.77 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $46.77 from a physician practice, and about $155 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$46.77$44.67 to $61.66
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$155$67.61 to $182

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $155 · 10th to 90th $48 to $288Professionalmedian $47 · 10th to 90th $35 to $83
$50$100$200$500facility $155professional $47

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$47.86
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$338.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$42.66
Median
$46.77
Typical High
$69.18
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$416.87
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$26.30
Median
$93.33
Typical High
$134.90
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$44.67
Median
$69.18
Typical High
$123.03
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$42.66
Typical High
$478.63
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$134.90
Typical High
$134.90
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$169.82
Typical High
$288.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$25.12
Median
$40.74
Typical High
$75.86

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 2.2 times more in North Dakota than in Rhode Island. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Nebraska· 48th of 51

$46.77

ND $97.72RI $43.65

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.